Around 1.72 crore people are using mobile banking services in the country and private bank HDFC Bank has the largest number of such customers, the government said on Friday. As on October 2012, nearly 1.72 crore customers are utilising the Mobile Banking Services among the 42 banks which provide the facility, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) in India has asked ministries to take up implementation of direct cash transfer scheme on a "war footing" before the launch of the programme on January 1. It has also asked them to organise camps to fast pace enrolment under Aadhaar for the purpose. Primary activity of all the Ministries implementing schemes in the coming weeks will be to
Delhi Metro commuters will now be able to avoid queues to recharge their `Smart Cards` as they can do it at the click of a button. The first `Add Value Machine` for recharge of Smart Cards, developed by an Indian company as part of technology transfer from Korea`s Samsung SDS, was installed at the Central Secretariat Metro Station on Friday. The touch screen based machine does n
Traders and dealers in Punjab will get tax refund through online banking system from next fiscal as the Punjab government today announced to do away with practice of payment through cheques to curb corruption. Among other initiatives, the state government also announced to create a corpus of Rs 150 crore exclusively for payment of VAT refund and it has also decided to honour highest tax
Against the backdrop of some arrests on posting on social networking sites, Telecom and IT Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said a provision in the Information Technology Act has been misused in some states and the Centre will soon issue an advisory to check it. "As per our assessment, there has been misuse (of Section 66A of IT Act) in some states...It is my personal opinion and als
Telecom regulator Trai on Friday said it will soon begin a public consultation process for implementation of free telecom roaming in the country. "These are matters that are still to be decided. The question of whether national roaming should be free is a tariff related issue. It is a matter on which Trai is competent to take a decision," Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Himachal Police on Thursday launched their website Kanoon Vyavastha, facilitating online payment of challans. The portal would be beneficial especially for tourists, who can file complaints and challans online and track the status online. It contains many other features like online foreigner`s registration, complaints, FIRs and other functions. DGP I D Bhandari said the
State-owned telecom firm BSNL`s Website was hacked on Thursday by a group that demanded withdrawal of section 66 A of the IT Act. The Website `www.bsnl.co.in` was quickly restored. The group Anonymous India said that it hacked the Website in support of activists Aseem Trivedi and Alok Dixit, who are on a hunger strike to protest Section 66A of the IT Act. "Our websi
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said troubles facing telecom sector are ending and the new policy being ushered in will address concerns of worrying investors and provide impetus to growth. Addressing the India Telecom 2012 conference, Singh said the government allocated airwaves or spectrum carrying mobile phone signals in a transparent manner through market-related processes
Rejecting contentions that government is implementing the Aadhar enabled Direct Benefit Transfer (cash transfer) system in a hurry, Finance Minister P Chidambaram told Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the measure being implemented step by step will eliminate leakages, delays, duplicacies and falsification. "It will lead to seamless transition. We believe that the new system, which we w
Odisha government on Thursday said it had leased out 54 acre of land to M/s DLF for development of an Information Technology (IT) park in Bhubaneshwar. This was stated by IT minister Raghunath Mohanty while replying a question in the assembly. "The land was leased out in favour of DLF through the state owned IDCO (industrial infrastructure Development Corporation) in 2006," th
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said nationwide Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is expected to be rolled out by February next year, which will allow users to retain their numbers even if they move from one state to another. "For the timely implementation of the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012, the Department of Telecom has finalised broad agenda for next three months fr
Delhi government on Wednesday launched the ‘Saral Money Prepaid card’ to provide banking services to those people who are unable to open a bank account due to lack of supporting documents for their ‘know your customer’ (KYC) verification. Saral has been launched by five of India’s prominent banks namely Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and Sta
The government on Wednesday said it will set up a centralised monitoring system for lawful interception of telephone and internet services and has allocated Rs 400 crore for the project. "Government has decided to set up the centralised monitoring system (CMS) for lawful interception and monitoring of telephone and internet services," Minister of State for Communications and I
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesay asked the revenue department to fast track its computerisation and upgradation process as part of its e-governance plan. "Revenue department should fast track its computerisation and upgradation process to modernise functioning as part of e-governance plan", J&K Chief Secretary Madhav Lal said this while chairing the periodic Comm
Delhi government on Tuesday brought 20 more public services under the purview of a new law that makes officials liable to pay penalty to citizens for delay in delivering desired services within the prescribed time limit. With addition of the services to be provided by a number of departments including Revenue, Labour and Transport, the total number of services brought under Delhi Right
Weeks ahead of rollout of the direct cash subsidy transfer scheme, the petroleum ministry on Tuesday said the plan will not be easy to implement because of the low base of people with the unique identity Aadhaar cards. The government has identified 51 districts for the rollout of the scheme in the first phase beginning January 1. Speaking at the 11th Petro India Conference organised by
The Kerala chief minister`s website (www.keralacm.gov.in) grabbed the Icon of Excellence Web Ratna gold medal award instituted by the central government to promote innovative e-governance initiatives. "This is for the first time that Web Ratna award is coming to Kerala," a state government release said after P T Chacko, press secretary to chief minister Oommen Chandy, received
A Kenyan delegation led by its Registrar of Motor Vehicles and other government officials on Monday arrived on a two-day visit here to study the e-governance initiatives adopted by the state for automating its road transport sector. The delegation, led by Francis Meja, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Kenya today called on Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to understand the p
Chhattisgarh government has received a pat on the back from a Central panel for procurement of paddy and computerisation of the public distribution system (PDS) in the state. The three-member commission for agriculture costs and prices led by Ashok Gulati has even asked other states to "imitate" the Chhattisgarh model. "The panel has lauded computerisation of rati
